In May of the eighth year of Jinghe, the game of drumming and passing flowers suddenly became popular among the banquets in Yangzhou city. Those who drank wine, composed poems and wore hairpins to show off, must be accompanied by beauties. The so-called hairpins hold the bones of prostitutes and gods.
But the prime minister who indulges in drunkenness and singing is something he would not dare to say. Indeed, as Mr. Li said, the scholarly style in Yangzhou is still a little more mellow than that in the Jiangnan area.
Mr. Li, the fashion initiator, has been very busy these days, busy planting bamboos in the county government office. That day he met a man named Zheng Xie, which made him feel a great sense of crisis. In another time and space, how many talents did this geek have?
This is a very good bamboo poem, but in this time and space, Li You had not yet had time to copy it, so he suddenly felt that he was not being treated like one.
In the past few days, I need to plant bamboos first to create a creative atmosphere, and then seize the time to plagiarize the poems.
The official of the Lifang Chao Bureau was looking for a position in the history of history, so he went to the county magistrate very diligently. Seeing that the county magistrate was good at bamboo, he transplanted hundreds of bamboos from who knows where and planted a few around the county government office hall.
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Mr. Li was leisurely for a few days, and was discussed by Yangzhou officialdom for a few days. Everyone's impressions of him are a bit hard to describe, and can only be said to be very complicated.
On this day, County Master Li was judging a case in the back hall. Suddenly, he received a report that Mr. Hu was back, so he ordered: "Quickly report!"
Mr. Hu is naturally referring to Hu Zhenru, the former master of Jiangzhi County. Not long ago, he revealed to Li You that the Qiu family, a salt merchant, instigated Jiangzhi County to embezzle treasury silver and traffic in salt. As a result, the shipwrecked in the Anqing Prefecture and lost everything. Li You then exposed it.
I sent a foreign mission to investigate the shipwreck.
After a while, Hu Zhenru, with shabby clothes and a dusty face, was led into the room. Li You secretly laughed. This Mr. Hu is also a human being, and he must have had such a dignified appearance on purpose.
"I have fulfilled my mission!" Hu Zhenru said this first. Then he reported in detail: "This time I arrived in Anqing Mansion. I checked the rivers in two counties near the place where the Qiu family reported the shipwreck, and it was indeed recorded in the book.
There is a record of the shipwreck. However, I spent money on it and learned from the mouth of a clerk at the Hebo Institute that this record was forged by a Yangzhou salt merchant who bribed the ambassador of the Hepo Institute. I guessed that the salt merchant must be the Qiu family.
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It would be better if the shipwreck was fake, and there would be no need to resort to other tricks... Li You ordered tea to be served, and asked: "Is that all?"
"I went to a nearby village and took out the county ticket. I checked it again and asked several elders to write documents to prove that there was no incident of salt boats hitting rocks and sinking on the river."
"Well done!" Li You praised. The li lao system is implemented at the lowest level of the country. The li lao elders have a semi-official status and have a great say in the countryside. They are also regarded by the government as an executive agency at the lower level of the county government.
In the early years of the dynasty, people could even jointly recommend local officials. If there is such personal evidence, it can be accepted in the trial.
Immediately Li Xianzun dealt the cards and sent someone to bring Qiu Li, the salt merchant, to stand trial.
But it wasn't until the sun set that the yamen servant came to sell the ticket and report back. The yamen servant was afraid that the county would blame him, so he hurriedly explained: "It's not that I didn't do my best. Qiu Li was not at home. I spent all my efforts to get to the bathhouse in the south of the city."
Find him."
County Master Li was too lazy to pay attention to him. He sent an order to the court.
The man known as Qiu Daguan was brought to the court. Li You glanced at him, and it turned out that he had fair skin and tender flesh, and his behavior was also coy. He was able to defraud four thousand taels from the masculine magistrate Jiang, and he indeed had professional capital.
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However, Mr. Li didn't like this and was not interested in taking a closer look. He resisted slapping him, took a picture of Xingmu and shouted: "Who is this person in the hall? Tell yourself about your family name!"
It is estimated that the news that the Jin official's wife, the shopkeeper Qi, was punished in the county government spread, the Qiu official knelt down very happily and shouted: "Grandpa, the county magistrate! I live in Qiu Li and have made a living from salt for generations. In the bathroom,
Then businessmen came to disturb me, and I was frightened all the time. I really don’t know why I’m going to court!”
"Tricky people! You deceived the government and embezzled treasury money, and you have been doing nothing to this day..."
"Grandpa, county magistrate! Nothing happened!" Qiu Li shouted.
Li You was furious, threw his sign and shouted: "Who allowed you to interrupt at will? Twenty palms left and right!"
Mr. Li still couldn't hold back and slapped him... until Mr. Qiu's mouth and nose began to bleed, but he still denied it: "Young man, I don't know what the treasury money is about."
"Your nest of thirteen thousand salt requires at least eight thousand taels. As far as I know, all your capital last year was borrowed. I dare you to write down the details of the silver you used one by one, and wait for me to take it.
Confront all parties?”
Qiu Li saw that he couldn't deal with it, so he had to admit: "I did get four thousand taels of silver from Mr. Jiang County, and declared that we would join forces to transport salt, and the profits would be divided equally. But God's will was not good, and the salt ship sank in Anqing Mansion..."
"You still dare to deceive me!" Li You said sternly: "I have found out that there are many old people in the village and fishermen on the river as witnesses. There have been no salt ships sunk in Anqing Prefecture since last year. The evidence is there! You are so cunning.
What crime should the people deserve!"
Official Qiu didn't expect that the county magistrate would go across the state to investigate the matter and produce evidence. He was stunned for a moment. Li You didn't give him time to think, he threw the sign again and shouted: "Not yet."
Are you willing to recruit? Twenty heavy responsibilities!"
Qiu Li was afraid of the physical pain and thought he couldn't bear it, so he shouted: "I'm going to do something! It's true that I defrauded the Honorable Jiang County of his money!"
Li You sneered and said: "Those who are unruly people should not evade the important and take the easy! The crime is not to defraud Mr. Jiang's money, but to embezzle the county treasury's money first, then fake a shipwreck to defraud the government, forcing the county magistrate to commit suicide later! Do you think the government's money is so easy to steal?"
Today I want you to see what official law is like!"
If fraud is nothing more than losing money and getting slapped with a slap in the face, the charges spewed out by the county magistrate are quite serious. They embezzled treasury money, defrauded the government, and forced the county magistrate to commit suicide. Each one was more frightening than the last, and the official Qiu couldn't help but turn pale. "
The county’s respected grandpa is not…”
Li You refused to reason with him, and just shouted: "If you don't attack me, I'll hit you! Only dogs on the right and left won't take action!"
Qiu Li received more than 30 blows in a row and was thrown awake again. Finally he couldn't stand it anymore and hinted: "I would like to pay back the stolen money first..."
This means giving benefits and begging for mercy. When Qiu officials want to come, Jiang Zhixian has committed suicide and made up for the shortfall. Any official who does more than does less will not cause trouble for himself again. The new county official
Still holding on to this matter is just to get some money out of him.
But what Mr. Qiu did not expect was that Mr. Li was as clear as water and as bright as a mirror! Mr. Li was indifferent to the bribes and said solemnly: "If you don't plead guilty, you won't be able to steal money! If you don't attract a stick!"
Ouch. This county magistrate is really unreasonable... Qiu Li and the officials on both sides of the hall thought together. Qiu Daguan thought again. The magistrate is new here, so there is no way to get through, so it is better to recognize him here first.
After I got it, I waited until the case was reported to the government office, and when I was in the branch, I used the money to buy a person and beat him up.
After the plan was decided, Officer Qiu said feebly: "I'm going to do it all!"
Hearing this, Li You softened his tone, and Yuguotianqing asked kindly: "Except for embezzling official silver, where did your other capital for transporting salt come from?"
Although Qiu Li was confused and asked what he was doing, the wounds on his face and back were still aching, and he was afraid and answered truthfully: "I borrowed it from six fellow villagers."
"Are they all salt merchants?" Li Xianzun continued to cross-examine.
"Yes. I borrowed five thousand taels in total."
As expected, 80% of Yangzhou salt merchants are from Huizhou, and it is common for them to help each other. Li You asked again: "This sum is not small, how did you agree on it when it was used to transport salt?" ?”
Qiu Li is getting more and more confused, but there is nothing to say. These days, it is a common business practice to operate a joint venture and split the profits half way. For example, the owner pays, the associates contribute, and each person gets half of the profit after the annual calculation. Therefore, Qiu Daguan Still he answered truthfully: "I'm going to set up a nest, and they'll give me some money to work together to transport salt. We'll get half the profit."
"Oh? I often hear about partnership. Does this count as a partnership?"
"It is indeed a partnership." Qiu Li said honestly,
Mr. Li looked at the clerk on duty and Mr. Cui, nodded and said: "It's a partnership. Then let's call him Huagua."
If Officer Qiu raised his head at this time, he would find a strange smile flashing across the corner of the county magistrate's mouth, and Master Xing Ming couldn't help laughing.
Early the next morning, County Master Li beat the drums and raised the troops in the hall. According to the roster, about a hundred people from the three squads of government servants and their assistants were ordered and gathered in front of the hall.
The whole office was shaken for a moment. The subordinate officials were all shocked and confused. They didn't know what the county magistrate suddenly gathered powerful people to do? Based on previous years' experience, it was possible that the salt owl was discovered somewhere, and the county magistrate asked everyone to arrest it... Such a large-scale response was needed. The salt dealer must have extraordinary force, and he will be risking his life if he goes there.
The one who was pointed out didn’t understand, and the others were also curious. They gathered around the lobby to watch.
While the audience was guessing, Li You walked slowly out of the lobby and stood on the platform. The whole place fell silent and obeyed the order.
"This county has finally found out what happened to the former magistrate of Jiang County. Seven suspects worked together to steal government money! There are still six people who have not yet come to trial. Today, we will send you and others to arrest them separately!"
If there is a classic history, then the history of the classics should be as follows: "Please tell me, sir." Unfortunately, there is currently a vacancy in the classic history of Jiangdu County, so Li You had no choice but to continue without pomp: "All six of them are prominent merchants in the city! The first team, capture Wang Chun! The second team, capture Liu Zhongxuan! The third team, capture Zhou Heng! The fourth team, capture Wu Yu! The fifth team, capture Yao Shiquan! The sixth team, capture Sun Kaiding! There is a residence on the household registration booklet, you can go separately. You must work hard to receive the household housing!”
After hearing the order, the whole place became silent immediately, and everyone started whispering to each other.
Gang Shang is a registered salt merchant. Although the six people mentioned by the county magistrate are not as high as the Eight Giants such as Jin Wanwan, arresting six salt merchants in one go is still a rare big event in recent years. It is estimated that it will be done in an instant. It is about to cause a sensation in the whole city. But there is no warning beforehand, and the paradox is really dark and unclear.
Cui Zhenfei, the famous criminal master, stood aside and was very worried. How could the arrest be like this? Those wealthy salt merchants are closely connected with each other and have good ears and eyes. Maybe there are many insiders in the county government. So if you want to arrest people, you must It must be arranged secretly and a sudden attack can be successful.
Or just send a police officer to the door with a ticket to summon the person. As long as the person being summoned does not want to rebel, he has to find a way to deal with it.
How can there be such a big fanfare for fear that the world will not know?
In fact, it is a trivial matter to leak it out and be evaded by the suspect. At worst, it will be in vain. But if it really makes people panic and causes some trouble, it will be troublesome. You know, those salt merchants mostly have the same hometown and clan, and they are often in the same boat. This time, the method is really shocking.
It's too big, the proprietor is really reckless.
At this moment, Mr. Cui had already witnessed several petty officials sneaking out of the ceremony gate and running away. He knew that today would definitely be a waste of time. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian
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